St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-17

If any man has a little leisure time on his
hands, and wants to have lot of fun at
very small expense, he should go out to
Browns Valley, in this state, and purchase or
lease the Tribune, published at that place.
1t is by no means certain that the editor,
Weaver, would consent to give up good
thing, even to accommodate a brother news
paper man, but if he could only be induced
to do so, the man lucky enough to get the
place would have picnic and a surfeit of
amusement as long as he wanted to stay
there. Weaver is prohibitionist. but the
town is under the control of the saloon ele-
ment. They have recently had a vii
lage election, and Weaver has fought
the whisky in the most deS-
perate fashion. With his life in one hand
and a pencil in the other he has waged the
battle by night and by day. He had lots of
fun out of it, but the saloon element outvoted
the Prohibitionists three or four to one and
carried the day triumphantly. Weaver was
buried out of sight by an avalanche Of ballots,
but he continued to kick. His life was
threatened; IS he walked the streets his ene-
! mics hooted at him; burly men set upon him
and endeavored to knock him out; he was
| beset on every hand He did not shoot any
body-as he probably had right to debut
he went about with his pencil in his hand and
| defied the opposition. He was waiting
| patiently for the day when his paper
was to be issued, and then he would
wreak his vengeance. When the paper
was put to press the types were
so hot that the makeup had to wear pair OF
thick buckskin gloves, and the roller melted
after one copy had been struck Off. The edi-
ton was delayed while new roller was cast
| and the type was cooled off with great chunks
Oft n ,aH- lntrn do Far ,y,,Je
Valley when the papers finally got circulated
| around in ali the stores and saloons, and
Weaver sat in his office and smiled grimy as
he awaited developments. He roasted the
| saloon men over the hottest kind Of a fire and
| kept putting in coal until the supply was eX-
hausted. His animosity was directed more
especially against three of the saloonkeepers.
| Notice the artistic way in which Mr. Weaver
! paints and the admirable flow of his Ian
guage:
These saloonkeepers together wth'the rif-raff
of the town, got drunk and formed themselves
| into mob and during almost the entire after
noon staggered up and down the street insulting
everyone they met by oaths and curses and vile,
| smutty language that wenld have sent shade of
| darkness over the face of demons One of them
| was armed with sling-shot. For hours scene
| was presented that is beyond description. The
| authorities were too cowardly to attempt to
quel the riot. In tact the marshal actually hid.
Private citizens were compelled to protect them
! selves. Oaths and curses could be heard Tor
! squares. Women and children frightened
/ almost to Mysteries. and business was almost
| tirely suspended.
A picture like this would deter the average
| man from going out and taking hold of the
| paper,in the expectation of having any sport,
but let him wait for the sequel and then de-
eide. Weaver goes on to say;
These saloonkeepers lack the first principle OF
manhood Within the past year they have vio-
| SUNDAY election
| bling laws. They have violated their oaths con.
stantly They have shown that they nothing
| whatever for decency, law and order. To speak
of these saloons as hell-holes" is to speak mildly
| These saloons and their masters are disgrace to
the town. disgrace to civili2a ton, q disgrace to
| the saloon profession.
| Then, when he had worked the populace I'D
to a white heat, he throws in little strategy,
or diplomacy, and makes a rush to crush his
| enemies.
| We now demand, on behalf of the law-abdng
citizens of the community, that the council re-
fuse to grant license to either CT those men for
| whether the rif-raff of the town shall control
| things or whether law and order shall prevail.
Something must be done soon trouble will en-
| sue Respectable and law-ab iding citizens will
not much longer endure the insults of drunken
mobs. If the town does not furnish protection
| individuals must protect themselves. If thugs
| and buns may get drunk and swear and damn all
| they meet the law-abiding citizens must prepare
to meet and deal with thugs and buns.
| After this eloquent appeal Weaver makes Il
big bluff at his enemies, exclaiming in a
tragic and terrorizing voice:
We take up the gauge they have thrown down.
and, IN the language of the poet: Lay on Nc
duff and damed be he who first cries, hold
enough
Then comes the last act, with red fire and
the sound of thunder in the wings-Weaver
in the character of 1.-The Gladiator" The
probate judge had been dragged into the con-
troversy, Weaver accusing him of getting
full on bad whisky and asserting
that he never was so happy as when
ia saloon drinking or sitting ut a gambling
table. This incensed the worthy judge and he
started on the war path. Weaver gives an ac-
count of the brief campaign of the judge:
The saloon influenced the Judge to lick
Weaver agreeing to pay his fine if arrested. The
judge had q spite against Weaver because of a
gas pipe with which he had been punched dur. ng
the Wheaton mob fight. About 3 O'Clock the
judge. backed by the gang, proceeded to lick
Weaver. He soon learned, however, that per-
son who could use gas pipe could other
weapons as we if necessit. compels him so to do.
Such is life on the frontier. If there is a
} newspaper man in America who has keen
sense of humor and is ambitious to make q
stir in the world, let him write at once and
negotiate with Weaver for the purchase of
the Tribune. His address is Browns Valley,
Traverse county, MINI.
NJ
The accomplished and versatile gentleman
who refereed the Aground prize fight in the
Union block on Sunday, should not stay away
in hiding. The police need him, and Dannie
should walk up like man and settle.
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The GLOBE doesn't want to ex cite any need
less alarm, but If Mayor Smith should happen
to be killed by foul tip at one of the ball
games this summer, st. Paul would have a
Republican executive. And when Mayor
Smith is ont of town on Sunday, will the
games be stopped? Col. Kerr is known as
man who believes in a strict observance of
the Sabbath.
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Half the young fellows in the Northwest
will be throwing up their SIOO-aweek jobs
and making break for the newspaper bust
ness when it becomes noised about that the
Sportsman solicitor, Rhodus, is wearing a
diamond badge. Men on the GLOBE staff
who are getting 5000 per week salary and
clearing sometimes as high as 500 daily ON
real estate deals can't afford to sport the
! dazzers.
49,
The temperance of Barney Smith in the
pugilistic ring will bring to mind pleasant
visions of many of his past conquests.
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The men who laughed at John 8. Barnes a
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